If Only I Could

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Name = If Only I Could


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Artist = Sydney Youngblood
Album = Feeling Free
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B-side = "Spooky"
Released = 1989
Format = 7" single
CD maxi
Recorded = 1989
Genre = Dance
Length = 3:30
Label = Virgin
Writer = Claus Zundel
Mike Staab
Sydney Youngblood
R. Hamm
Producer = Claus Zundel
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This single = "If Only I Could"
(1989)
Next single = "Sit and Wait"
(1989)
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"If Only I Could" is the debut single from artist Sydney Youngblood and became his biggest hit. Released as a single from his album "Feeling Free" in 1989, the song was composed by Claus Zundel, a producer of multi-million selling projects Sacred Spirit and B-Tribe. It is now considered Youngblood's signature song and is still popular with many of his fans. The song was a top three hit in many countries, including UK, Ireland, Switzerland, Austria and Germany.

It was followed by the Top 20 UK hit "Sit And Wait".

Lyrcis, music and video

In the song, Youngblood evokes "the world of brotherhood and love that he would like to create "if only he could"". This utopian humanism is "very uncommon in the songs devoted to nightclubs"Elia Habib, "Muz hit. tubes", p. 178 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)] .

"If Only I Could" used the bassline and drumbeat from the Raze house music track, "Break For Love", and reached number three on the UK Singles Chartcite book
first= David
last= Roberts
year= 2006
title= British Hit Singles & Albums
edition= 19th
publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
location= London
pages= p. 616
id= ISBN 1-904994-10-5] .

The video for the single was released in 1989, and featured Youngblood bouncing around a ball that resembled the earth, while donning urban clothing and traditional African clothing during the video.

Track listings

; 7" single
# "If Only I Could" — 3:30
# "Spooky" — 3:54 ; 3" CD single
# "If Only I Could" (radio edit) — 3:30
# "If Only I Could" (extended version) — 6:30
# "Spooky" — 3:54

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